GRE Word List
AVOCATION
a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby
The meaning of the word avocation is a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| grudging | unwilling |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |